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Boys Wanted (Pen Pals #1)
by Sharon Dennis WyethWhen Shanon, Palmer, Amy, and Lisa start attending an all-girls boarding school, they are unhappy that there aren't very many opportunities to socialize with boys. So, they decide to search out pen pals from the neighboring all-boys boarding school.
Two for One (Merivale Mall #1)
by Jana EllisSOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. Things are hopping at Merivale Mall. Lori has her hands full working at Tio's Tacos, but she's never too busy to notice Nick, the gorgeous guy in the next store, her good friends who pass by, or her estranged cousin Danielle. They haven't been close since Danielle's father made a fortune developing Merivale Mall. Now the girls are being drawn together again, but for the wrong reason--Nick Hobart, star quarterback of the Cougars. Although Lori's crazy about Nick, she's no competition for the emerald-eyed Danielle with her sleek sports car and luxurious clothes. If only Lori could make Nick see that good things don't always come in expensive packages!
The Practically Popular Crowd: Wanting More
by Meg F. SchneiderMichelle could not take her eyes off Michael. He was the answer. She was sure of it. With him she could feel special. Beautiful. Interesting. If only her friends could understand. Trust her. Know she hadn't intended to steal him from anyone. Especially not them. Her crowd. Michelle could feel the ache begin to build. And if only her father understood how lonely his new family made her feel .... Yes, she loved them all. But it wasn't enough to stop her. Alexa stood to the side, watching them. Those eighth-grade girls. Those Practically Popular People, or whatever they called themselves. Not one of them was as gorgeous as she. Not one as spectacular. Michelle included. Alexa smiled. Did they really think she'd let Michael go? Read all four of THE PRACTICALLY POPULAR CROWD books: Wanting More Pretty Enough (coming in October 1992) Keeping Secrets (coming in January 1993) Getting Smart (coming in Summer 1993)
Eighth Grade Hero? (Junior High #6)
by Kate KenyonTHIS IS THE WORST IDEA THEY EVER HAD. When Jason Anthony performs a daring karate move at school, gullible Jennifer and determined Nora see a chance to turn him from class nerd to class hero. Without telling him, they enter him in a karate competition. Stunned by the news, Jason confesses he's a karate klutz. But the two girls won't give up. There's only one problem. Jason is hopeless. Can anything save them?
The Night Walker (Nightmare Hall #9)
by Diane HohHigh on a hillside overlooking Salem University, hidden in shadows and shrouded in silence,sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began. Quinn Hadley is sure she must be the only sleepwalker at Salem. It's so embarrassing, especially since she never remembers where she was or what she was doing. But it's never been a problem. Until now. Because someone is roaming the campus, attacking people in the middle of the night. No one knows who the crazed night stalker is. But all the clues point to Quinn.
Eighth Grade to the Rescue (Junior High #5)
by Kate KenyonHER SECRET CRUSH ISN'T A SECRET ANYMORE. Nora Ryan is puzzled by the strange, secretive behavior of her best friend, Jennifer Mann. Then she sees Jennifer with Tony Hendrix, the 16-year-old brother of their classmate, Denise. The two girls know that Tony thinks of Jennifer as a friend. But it isn't hard to figure out that Jennifer thinks of him as something more. With the help of the eighth grade, Nora and Denise concoct a wild plan to distract Jennifer before her heart is broken. But will the project. Make Class Nerd Jason Anthony Over, really work? No one expects the results they get!
Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland
by Mark KreidlerSomewhere beyond the circle of money, glitz, drugs, and controversy that characterizes professional sports in America, remnants of an ideal exist. In Iowa, that ideal survives in the form of high school wrestling. Each a three-time state champion, Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere have a chance in their senior year to join the sport's most elite group: the "four-timers," wrestlers who win four consecutive state titles. For Jay, a ferocious competitor who feeds off criticism and doubt, a victory would mean vindication over the great mass of skeptics waiting for him to fail. For Dan, who carries on his back the burdens of his tiny farming community, the dreams of his hard-driving coach and father, and his own personal demons, another title is the only acceptable outcome. Four Days to Glory is the story of America as told through its small towns and their connection to sport the way it was once routinely perceived: as a means of mattering to the folks next door.
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
by Noah LukemanAs a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict. Writers will find it impossible to walk away from this invaluable guide--a veritable fiction-writing workshop--without boundless new ideas.
Mystery of the Snow Day Bigfoot (Calendar Club)
by Nancy StarLeon wakes up to find HUGE footprints in his backyard. Is there a bigfoot in Fruitvale? The Calendar Club will find out!
Melanie's Identity Crisis (The Fabulous Five #15)
by Betsy HaynesMelanie Edwards can't wait to start the genealogy project her teacher has assigned in Family Living class. She's always wanted to create a family tree and learn more about her relatives, especially her great great-grandmother, Cordia Mae Lee. According to family stories, Cordia Mae was just as boy crazy as Melanie is. But when Melanie begins going through her relative's old love letters, she wishes she'd never started this project. Along with learning all about Cordia Mae's life, Melanie uncovers a shocking secret about her own past!
Scream for Me (Daniel Vartanian #2)
by Karen RoseNew York Times bestselling author Karen Rose delivers a heart-stopping suspense novel that picks up where DIE FOR ME left off, with a detective determined to track down a brutal murderer. Special Agent Daniel Vartanian has sworn to find the perpetrator of multiple killings that mimic a 13-year-old murder linked to a collection of photographs that belonged to his brother, Simon, the ruthless serial killer who met his demise in DIE FOR ME. Daniel is certain that someone even more depraved than his brother committed these crimes, and he's determined to bring the current murderer to justice and solve the mysterious crime from years ago. With only a handful of images as a lead, Daniel's search will lead him back through the dark past of his own family, and into the realm of a mind more sinister than he could ever imagine. But his quest will also draw him to Alex Fallon, a beautiful nurse whose troubled past reflects his own. As Daniel becomes attached to Alex, he discovers that she is also the object of the obsessed murderer. Soon, he will not only be racing to discover the identity of this macabre criminal, but also to save the life of the woman he has begun to love.
Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden
by Chuck PfarrerOn May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. For ten years following 9/11, Bin Laden was the object of the most intense manhunt in modern history. This reclusive Saudi millionaire bankrolled a handpicked gang of jihadists who were determined to replace the governments of the world with a centralized Islamic regime. He ruled over a multifaceted empire of terror whose fanatics truck-bombed, hijacked, and murdered a bloody swath across four continents, killing men, women, and children. Three U. S. presidents vowed to bring him to justice. Intelligence organizations from a dozen nations sent agents after him. Finally, Osama bin Laden, the man who would have remade the world, was brought to bay--shot down as he cowered behind one of his own family members--by special warfare operators from the U. S. Navy's ultrasecret SEAL Team Six. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside. Pfarrer takes readers inside the operation as the SEAL's flew over the wall of Bin Laden's shabby, litter-strewn compound and then penetrated deeper and deeper into the terrorist's lair, telling us just what it looked, sounded, and smelled like in that sweltering Pakistani suburb. He takes us out to the courtyard to witness the near-disaster of the malfunctioning helicopter and brings us to the exact spot where the al-Qaeda leader was cowering when the bullet entered his head. SEAL Target Geronimo is an explosive story of unparalleled valor, clockwork military precision, and deadly accuracy carried out by the most elite fighting force in the world--the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six.
Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
by John U. BaconThree and Out tells the story of how college football's most influential coach took over the nation's most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons in the histories of both Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan. Shortly after his controversial move from West Virginia, where he had just taken his alma mater to the #1 ranking for the first time in school history, Coach Rich Rodriguez granted author and journalist John U. Bacon unrestricted access to Michigan's program. Bacon saw it all, from the meals and the meetings, to the practices and the games, to the sidelines and the locker rooms. Nothing and no one was off limits. John U. Bacon's Three and Out is the definitive account of a football marriage seemingly made in heaven that broke up after just three years, and lifts the lid on the best and the worst of college football.
Scared Stiff
by Jahnna N. Malcolm[From the back cover:] "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out. Kelly and Chace's parents don't have normal jobs like other kids' parents. The Andersons are morticians. They work on dead people. Kelly thinks that this is totally gross. But to Chace, it's a kick. He likes taking kids on tours to see the "Stiffs." That is, until one night a body comes alive. And he's out for revenge, big time. It's the night of the living dead. Kelly, Chance and their friend Matt only have two choices: stop the stiff ... or become one. If you scare easily, steer clear of this book. The actual preparation of dead bodies for viewing and cremation are described in lengthy, precise detail.
The Seventh Witch (Ophelia and Abby Mysteries #7)
by Shirley DamsgaardSmall-town librarian and psychic Ophelia Jensen hails from a long line of wise and wonderfully gifted women. There's her grandmother, Abby, a talented witch, and her great-aunt Mary, who's about to celebrate her 100th birthday. But as Ophelia learns, when she and Abby travel to North Carolina for the centennial celebration, their family secrets aren't just magickal--they're murderous. Someone in the sweet Southern town wants Abby dead. Could it be a rogue witch in Ophelia's own family? A vengeful local witch desperate to settle a bitter feud decades in the making? Ophelia must use all her talents to save her loved ones--before the witching hour comes upon them, and bad blood turns deadly.
The Kissing Disaster (The Fabulous Five #7)
by Betsy HaynesCAN MELANIE WIN FRIENDS WITH KISSES? Jana Morgan, Melanie Edwards, Beth Barry, Christie Winchell, Katie Shannon ... they're The Fabulous Five. They started out as a club whose secret purpose was to keep up with snobby Taffy Sinclair. Now these five best friends are in the seventh grade--are they ready for the ups and downs of junior high? THE KISSING DISASTER When the other members of The Fabulous Five seem too busy to have time for her, Melanie starts feeling left out. To get attention, she decides to prove how popular she is, and she manages to get two of the cutest boys in the seventh grade to kiss her. Word spreads like wildfire. Laura McCall, her rival, couldn't be more jealous, and Melanie couldn't be happier--until disaster strikes. Now, instead of being popular, no one at school will go near her! Will Melanie ever have friends again?
The Runaway Crisis (The Fabulous Five #8)
by Betsy HaynesKatie Shannon just can't understand it. Shawnie Pendergast's parents buy her everything, but they won't let her do anything. As the rest of The Fabulous Five know, Katie will do anything to help a friend. But when Shawnie runs away from home and wants to hide out in Katie's house, Katie begins having second thoughts. Is Shawnie really hiding from her parents--or is she hiding from the truth?
Seventh-grade Menace (The Fabulous Five #14)
by Betsy HaynesCAN JANA STOP THE SEVENTH-GRADE MENACE? Jana Morgan, Melanie Edwards, Beth Barry, Christie Winchell, Katie Shannon ... they're The Fabulous Five. They started out as a club whose secret purpose was to keep up with snobby Taffy Sinclair. Now these five best friends are in the seventh grade--are they ready for the ups and downs of junior high? SEVENTH-GRADE MENACE Jana Morgan thinks she's the luckiest girl at Wakeman Junior High. Not only is she dating cute Randy Kirwan, but she and Randy are competing in a popularity contest together. Soon the votes are pouring in, but Jana's also getting attention of a different kind. First chocolate milk is poured all over her petitions for the contest. Then she discovers that catsup has been squirted into her locker. Jana suspects that seventh-grade bully Geena McNatt is responsible, and she's ready to retaliate ... until something happens to make Jana see why Geena is always such a menace.
The Guardian (Dark-Hunter, Book #21)
by Sherrilyn KenyonDream-Hunter Lydia has been charged with the most sacred and dangerous of missions: To descend into the Nether Realm and find the missing god of dreams before he betrays the secrets that could kill her and her kind. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm's most vicious guardian... Seth's time is running out. If he can't hand over the entrance to Olympus, his own life and those of his people will be forfeit. No matter the torture, Seth hasn't been able to break the god in his custody. Then there's the beautiful Dream-Hunter Lydia: She isn't just guarding the gates of Olympus--she's holding back one of the world's darkest powers. If she fails, an ancient curse will haunt the earth once more and no one will be safe. But evil is always seductive. . .
Bodega Dreams: A Novel
by Ernesto Quinonez"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience. " --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I Was Puerto Rican. In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams announces the arrival of a writer who The Village Voice has already hailed as "a Writer on the Verge." The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyric, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
by Gabriel García Márquez J. S. BernsteinThese stories are told in spare, unpretentious but picturesque prose, compassionate of human frailty, but also rich in wit and irony. The characters are all too human, alternately humorous and tragic.-- Library Journal. Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein.
Angels Flight (Shannon Saga #2)
by Tracie Peterson James S. BellHaving taken Los Angeles by storm, Kit finds herself in a political storm when her next case crosses racial lines. Shannon Saga Book 2.
The Octave of Angels
by Margaret McallisterAfter Callum and his family move to an English village at the time of an ancient local festival, he uncovers several old village secrets. After 700 years, a village steeped in prejudice and clannishness learns the lesson the festival was meant to teach.
Pelts and Promises
by Nancy LohrIn 1903, having accidentally ruined the Parson's big pulpit Bible and promised to replace it, Jamie and his best friend Willie B. set out to earn the money by hunting rabbits and selling their pelts.
Eva Luna
by Isabel AllendeBorn in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling.